The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Junk, trash and refuse
include any and all waste matter, whether reusable or not, which is offensive to the public health, safety or welfare of the community, and is specifically intended to include but not be limited to worn-out, wrecked and/or abandoned automobiles, trucks, tractors, machinery of any kind, any parts of machinery, old iceboxes, refrigerators, stoves and other appliances.
(Ordinance 1-95, sec. 1(B), adopted 7/18/1995; 1999 Code, sec. 42-51)
The storing of junk, trash and refuse on private property within the city is declared a nuisance.
(Ordinance 1-95, sec. 1(A), adopted 7/18/1995; 1999 Code, sec. 42-52)
Any property owner or any occupant of property who allows storage of junk, trash or refuse on the property owned or occupied by him shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in section 1.01.009, and any person who shall fail to abate and remove such nuisance after notice shall for each 24 hours thereafter during which the nuisance continues be subject to a like penalty as that originally incurred.
(Ordinance 1-95, sec. 1(C), adopted 7/18/1995; 1999 Code, sec. 42-53)
(a) 
Any police officer or inspector of the building and zoning department of the city, upon observing any violation of this division, shall issue a notice directed to the owner of record of the property on which the nuisance occurs, or to the occupant of the property, or to both, which notice shall describe the violation and shall give such person 30 days to abate the nuisance.
(b) 
Any police officer or inspector of the building and zoning department of the city shall serve the notice herein provided for upon the owner or occupant of the property where such nuisance exists, or upon both of them, and shall make his return upon a copy of such notice, showing the time of service, the person upon whom it was served, or the manner in which it was served.
(Ordinance 1-95, sec. 1(D), adopted 7/18/1995; 1999 Code, sec. 42-54)
Immediately upon the termination of the time allowed in any notice pursuant to section 6.02.034 for the abatement of such nuisance, the police officer or inspector who shall be assigned by the city secretary shall investigate to determine whether or not such nuisance has been abated. If the nuisance has not been abated, a complaint charging violation of this division may be filed in the municipal court.
(Ordinance 1-95, sec. 1(E), adopted 7/18/1995; 1999 Code, sec. 42-55)
If the person, owner or agent of any lot or premises to whom notice has been given in accordance with the provisions of this division fails to comply with the notice within 30 days after notice is given, the city may do such work or make such improvements as are necessary to correct, remedy or remove the condition which is the subject of the notice, or cause the work to be done, and pay and charge the expenses incurred to the owner of such lot. Such expenses shall be assessed against the lot or real estate upon which the work was done or the improvements made. The doing of such work by the city shall not relieve such person from prosecution for failure to comply with such notice in violation of section 6.02.034.
(Ordinance 1-95, sec. 1(F), adopted 7/18/1995; 1999 Code, sec. 42-56)
(a) 
Whenever the city shall have performed work under the provisions of section 6.02.036 and paid all necessary expenses in connection with such work, it shall be the duty of the city secretary to immediately prepare and deliver or mail to the owner an itemized statement in the form of an affidavit, duly sworn to, of all such work performed and all costs and expenses incurred and paid by the city in connection with such work.
(b) 
Upon delivery or mailing of the statement and affidavit, the city shall be entitled to the payment of the aggregate amount so expended, or reasonable charges for city work, or costs paid, as set forth. Should the person, owner or agent fail or refuse to pay the amount due within 30 days thereafter, the statement of expenses and affidavit shall be signed by the city secretary and filed with the county clerk. Such statement, when filed, shall constitute a lien upon the property on which the expense was incurred, second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements, and the amount remaining unpaid shall accrue interest at the rate of ten percent per annum from the date of expenditure by the city.
(Ordinance 1-95, sec. 1(G), adopted 7/18/1995; 1999 Code, sec. 42-57)